''Swan Song'' (Spanish: ''El canto del cisne'') is a 1945 Argentine romantic

melodrama film In film studies and criticism, melodrama may variously refer to a genre, mode, style or sensibility characterized by its emphasis on intense and exaggerated emotions and heightened dramatic situations. There is no fixed definition of the term an ...

of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Mecha Ortiz,

Roberto Escalada Roberto Escalada born Aldo Roberto Leggero (4 July 1914 – 5 December 1986 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actor, an icon of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, classic era of Argentine cinema. Roberto Escalada began his career working on ...

and Miguel Gómez Bao. The film portrays the ultimately tragic relationship between a young composer and a more mature woman. Her performance won Ortiz the Argentine Film Academy's Silver Condor Award for Best Actress.Rist p.156

Cast

* Mecha Ortiz as Flora Jordán *

as Miguel Angel * Miguel Gómez Bao as Mendoza * Nicolás Fregues as Leopoldo Jordán * Nelly Darén as Susana Jordán * Juan Corona as Doctor Menéndez * Susana Freyre as Sofía * Rita Juárez as Beatriz * María Armand as Dora * Aurelia Ferrer

References

Bibliography

* Rist, Peter H. ''Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

External links

* 1945 films Argentine romantic drama films 1945 romantic drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen Films about composers Argentine black-and-white films 1940s Argentine films Films scored by George Andreani Spanish-language romantic drama films {{romantic-drama-film-stub